Call the Midwife: Ruf des Lebens
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Average rating4.3
A memoir of the author's experiences as a nurse and certified midwife in 1950's London. She worked in the poor sections of the Easy End, and lived in a convent with nuns and other lay nurse/midwives. The nuns belonged to an Anglican order which was dedicated to bringing modern nursing/midwifery skills to the poor.
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The power of this story is that it takes you to another world than our modern day, first world lives. A world where mothers have eight children and that's not really a large family. A world where fathers slap mothers around, and their children, too, if they wish. A world where young children just wear shirts and go where they will. A world where a mother can defy a doctor and refuse to go with her 1 1/2 pound premie baby to the hospital. And it wasn't that long ago.
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3 primary booksThe Midwife Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Jennifer Worth.
